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Counting the cost of healing Gukurahundi genocide’s Gukura-wounds

Talk about the death row phenomenon, an experience endured by convicts awaiting execution.

By Philani Ndlovu Apr. 22, 2025

Counting the cost of healing Gukurahundi genocide’s Gukura-wounds

Geoff Nyarota’s cry for help

For some, he was a doyen of Zimbabwean journalism, for others his record on reporting on the Gukurahundi massacres will always be a blemish on his record.

By Nqaba Matshazi Mar. 30, 2025

Gukurahundi: A meditation on political evil

In the natural, and perhaps original, order of things, the word “politics” was not meant to appear in the same sentence as the word “evil”.

By William Jethro Mpofu Mar. 25, 2025

Gukurahundi: A meditation on political evil

Gukurahundi massacre survivors want museum in Tsholotsho

They are also calling for March 16 to be recognised as a national public holiday in honor of female victims of Gukurahundi.

By Sharon Sibindi Mar. 23, 2025

Gukurahundi massacre survivors want museum in Tsholotsho

Delays in hearings over Gukurahundi irk chiefs

Concerns over unpaid allowances and an uncertain future for those involved continue to mount, raising doubts about the initiative’s effectiveness.

By Sharon Sibindi Mar. 16, 2025

Delays in hearings over Gukurahundi irk chiefs

National Youth Day: Symbol of hope or reminder of forgotten struggles?

Tellingly, none of the respondents cited newspapers as a source, highlighting the gap between official messaging and the realities on the ground.

By Sandra Gama Mar. 7, 2025

National Youth Day: Symbol of hope or reminder of forgotten struggles?

Beyond Bhalagwe, a carceral archipelago?

It seems that Foucault was influenced by Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s ‘The Gulag Archipelago’, his opus on the Soviet formal collectivisation of farms and concentration camps system.

By Mbuso Moyo Feb. 23, 2025

Beyond Bhalagwe, a carceral archipelago?

Black man, you’re on your own: The West’s selective outrage

During that time, Mugabe became the darling of the West, even getting undeserved honorary degrees from Western universities.

By Mxolisi Ncube Feb. 13, 2025

Black man, you’re on your own: The West’s selective outrage

Late Bishop Karlen remembered for confronting Mugabe over Gukurahundi

At least 20 000 civilians were killed in Matabeleland and Midlands in the 1980s after Mugabe deployed a North Korean-trained brigade allegedly to fight dissidents.

By Nizbert Moyo Feb. 4, 2025